Looking Up Resources That Are Discovered by
AWS Config

You can use the AWS Config console, AWS CLI, and AWS Config API to look up the resources
that AWS Config has
taken an inventory of, or discovered, including deleted resources and
resources that AWS Config is not currently recording. AWS Config discovers supported
resource types
only. For more information, see Supported AWS Resource Types.

Looking Up Resources (AWS Config Console)

You can use resource types or tag information to look up resources in the AWS Config
console.

On the Resource inventory page, specify the search options for the
resources that you want to look up:

Choose Resources and then choose one or
more resource types in the list. This list includes resource types that
AWS Config supports. To narrow results, type a resource ID or, if applicable,
a resource name in the next box. You can also choose
Include deleted resources.

Choose Tag and type a tag key that is applied to your
resources, such as CostCenter. To narrow results,
type a tag value in the next box.

After you specify the search options, choose Look
up.

AWS Config lists the resources that match your search options. You can see the
following information about the resources:

Resource identifier – The resource
identifier might be a resource ID or a resource name, if applicable.
Choose the resource identifier link to view that resource in the
console for that service. For example, choosing the resource
identifier for an EC2 instance takes you to the Amazon EC2
console.

Compliance – The status of the
resource that AWS Config evaluated against your rule.